Canada’s Productivity Challenge Starts with People.
The Productivity Project is a national research and policy initiative examining how Canada can better develop, recognize, mobilize, and renew human capital to strengthen productivity, opportunity, and long-term prosperity.
A cross-sector initiative focused on Canada’s productivity future.
The Productivity Project brings together research, policy, business, postsecondary, labour-market, and community expertise to examine one question: how can human capital drive Canada’s productivity?
Why Productivity is a Human Capital Challenge
Canada’s productivity challenge is not only about investment, technology, or firm performance. It is also about whether people can build, apply, demonstrate, and renew the capabilities needed in a changing economy. The Productivity Project examines the systems that connect learning to work, capability to opportunity, and human potential to economic value.
What We Study
Human Capital & Productivity
Learning, Skills, Capability Development
Entry-Level Work and Career Pathways
Labour-Market Disruption
Recognition and Open Learning Systems
Regional Human Capital Systems
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By Audience
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By Focus Areas
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By Series
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Bring evidence into the productivity conversation.
The Evergreen Model
How can we design and scale a development system optimized for developing adaptive capability?
How AI is Reshaping Entry-Level Jobs
How is AI reshaping the future of entry-level jobs, and how can we prepare for it?